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FACES OF AMERICA

FACES OF AMERICA

OUR AMERICAN STORIES:What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of this new four part series beginning Wednesday, February 10th at 8:00 p.m. on PBS-HD.

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Featured Series Faces of America 294x150 FACES OF AMERICA WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of FACES OF AMERICA which turns to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans. Beginning Wednesday, February 10th at 8:00 p.m.

Looking beyond the African-American experience to the wider immigrant story, Professor Gates unravels the American tapestry, following the threads of his guests’ lives back to their earliest origins around the globe. Along the way, the many stories he uncovers — of displacement and homecoming, of material success and dispossession, of assimilation and discrimination — illuminate the American experience.

America was an ambivalent host, however. At its best, it was a place of refuge and salvation, as it was for film director Mike Nichols whose entire family escaped Nazi Germany. At its worst, it was a country that would imprison two generations of Japanese Americans, including the forebears of Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi.

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Kristi Yamaguchi

See the records of a land dispute in Spain that forced Eva Longoria's ancestors to leave for the New World in 1603

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Eva Longoria

Professor Gates’ guests include professor and poet Elizabeth Alexander, who composed and read the poem at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, chef Mario Batali, comedian Stephen Colbert, novelist Louise Erdrich, journalist Malcolm Gladwell, actress Eva Longoria, musician Yo-Yo Ma, director Mike Nichols, Her Majesty Queen Noor, television host/heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, actress Meryl Streep, and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi.

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